Fruit-box



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J. S. BROWN.

FRUIT BOX.

www@ vea/vbo@ j: @an fw, www@ UNITED STATES PATENT FETCE JOSEPH SILAS BROlVN, OF HUNTINGTON, FLORIDA.

FRUIT-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,138, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed April 16,1888. Serial No. 270,846. tNo model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SILAs BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Putnam and State of Florida, have invented la new and useful Improvement in Fruit-Boxes, ot which the following' is a specilication.

The invention relates to improvements in fruit-boxes. V

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of fruit-boxes similar to those in common use and render them capable of having one of their sections readily and conveniently removed in order to permit an eX- amiuation of their contents and then replaced without injury to the boxes; and, furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide an adjustable partition capable of being placed in position when the boxes are 'partly iilled lwith fruit, to reduce the pressure upon the fruit and prevent it becoming bruised during transportation.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of the parts hereinafter fully described., illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' a fruitbox constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the section capable of beingI slipped from under the hoops to permit access to the contents ot' the Afruit-box. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fruit-box, the sliding section being removed to show the construction and arrangement of the adjustable partition. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1.

Referring' to the accompanying drawings, A designates the body ot' a fruit-box of the ordinary construction, provided upon its upper face with a sliding section, B, which has a ker -slit, l). The kerf-slit b extends longitudinally about one-halt` the length' of the sliding section B, and it forms two legs, b and b2, which are adapted to straddle the central or middle nails, C, placed in the middle and lower hoops, D D', whereby when a nail, screw, or the like, E, at the outer end of the sliding section B, to secure it in the box, is

withdrawn, the section may be slipped out from under the hoops and the contents ot' the box examined without removing the hoops. The sliding' section B is also provided with a nger-hole to facilitate the removal of it from the box A.

\V11en it is desired to put the sliding section in place, it is slipped under the hoops, and its legs b and b2 straddle the nails C C, .which enter the korf-slit d; then a nail, E, is driven in the end of the sliding section B, which is thereby securely retained in place.

Each halt' of the box is divided off by adjustable partitions F, which diminish the pressure upon the .fruit by taking from it one-half of its own weight and prevent it becoming bruised during transportation. These adjustable partitions are constructed of suitable material and provided at their ends with grooved strips G, the grooves g being adapted for the reception of the adjacent edges of the adj ust-able partition. The grooved strips G, when in position at the end of the adjustable partition, form tlanges at the top and bottom of the adjustable partition 5 and to secure the adjustable partitions in place in a fruit-box. nails are driven through the fian'ges.

After the fruit-box has been partly packed with fruit, the adjustable partitions F are placed in the box and nailed or similarly secured in position. Thepacking is then completed.

To remove the adjustable partitions F, it is onlynecessary to pry oft' the grooved strip at one end, and then the adjustable partition may be pulled out ol' the groove g of the other strip G at the other end of it.

The ends ot' the fruit-box A are provided with slots or openin a a vt'or the hands, to facilitate handling the box and to ventilato the fruit at that point. The grooved strips G cross the slots a a and form, with the eularged portions or openings a of said slots, pockets for the hands, whereby greater ease in handling the fruit-box is secured.

From the foregoing' description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and the advantages of the invention will be readily seen; and it will be obvious that fruit-boxes constructed in accordance with this invention are provided with covers IOO or Seoiions thai-ture readilyremovable and ropiaeeubio without removing the hoops or inj urinfgl ihe fru it-box.

I'Iziving thus [uilydescribed the inveniion, what I e'iuiln :1S new, and desire io Secure by ALetters 'Paton i1, is-

i. A Crate or indi-box (minimising l body, :l puri'ii'ion infermedizii'e of its ends, hoops encircling` ihe body, one oi Said hoops pas ing' around the pariiiii'm, and :i nail or simihir retaining' device limssing' through said hoop und entering` Jrhe partition, and a @over having a` longitud inni kerf-siit extending from one end of The box to the partition, subsumiizifily :is und for the purpose deSCribed.

L. A erni'e or fron-box having' :i Central 

